Planned $24M Hotel In Huntington Moves Forward: Reports

HUNTINGTON, NY — A $24 million Hampton Inn & Suites hotel is inching closer to becoming a reality in Huntington Village, according to reports. The hotel would transform the Old Huntington Town Hall building at 227 Main St.

Huntington Village Hotel Partners, founded by George Tsunis and Rosario Cassata, is working with the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency, which approved a transaction last week towards converting the 110-year-old, long-vacant space into a "boutique" hotel, Long Island Business News reported.

The 80-room hotel project will likely yield 100 construction jobs and 14 permanent jobs for Long Islanders, LIBN reported.

The town hall building, dating back to 1910, will be reconstructed into the hotel's lobby, breakfast room and gym, while guest rooms will be made in a 53,636-square-foot addition, Newsday reported.

The Suffolk IDA said a market study on the project showed the hotel would be a tourism hot-spot, LIBN reported.

The county's IDA awarded the project $2.8 million in tax breaks, including $1.8 million off property taxes for the next 15 years, Newsday reported.